Alternative Futures Group→
Team Leader required for 35 hours per week… at Alternative… · Chester
Skills
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and confident leader with a solid understanding of social care compliance and the ability to uphold high standards across our provision. The ideal candidate will be skilled in effective time management, able to prioritise competing demands, and demonstrate resilience when navigating challenging or fast‑paced situations.
This role sits within a supportive, values‑driven team where collaboration is central to how we work. We live our value of “We Are One” — supporting each other, sharing responsibility, and working together to deliver excellent care.
Job Purpose
To lead and direct a team in developing and delivering person centred service.
Manage resources to successfully deliver people we support and contract outcomes.
To develop staff skills and knowledge in delivering high quality services that are designed and delivered to meet the needs of individuals.
To apply the tools of person-centred planning, review, and team development.
Embed a quality assurance framework at a service level.
Living our Values
To ensure that staff develop positive relationships with the people we support, and they actively support individual outcomes.
Work with the team to deliver what is important to the people they support and what they want for the future.
To keep the people supported and those important to them central in the planning and review of their service.
Demonstrating the principles of person-centred practices.
Acting as a positive role model and coach to the team.
Principal Accountabilities
To follow the principles of person-centred approaches in all areas of operation.
To be responsible for assessment, planning, monitoring, and reviewing of individual support.
To ensure appropriate information is captured, reported, and analysed.
To lead and manage staff to ensure that the highest levels of performance and standards are achieved and maintained at all times.
To ensure that staff skills, gifts, qualities and strengths are put to best use.
To manage the recruitment of staff
To co-ordinate and deploy staff resources efficiently and effectively.
To develop and maintain a customer focussed ethos at all times and to ensure excellent working relationships with other professionals.
To ensure all staff receive appropriate levels of support through on-the-job coaching, regular supervisions and appraisals.
To ensure staff training and development needs are identified and met.
To organise and facilitate positive and productive team meetings.
To promote and nurture good practice.
To ensure practice in line with company policy, procedure and legislation.
To ensure the service delivery meets the required quality standards.
To promote community connections.
To ensure that all internal and external reportable events are appropriately managed and resolved.
To evidence quality service delivery.
To assist the Area Manager in effect resource management.
Please only apply if you meet the below requirements:
Essential Criteria
Experience:
Significant experience of person-centred planning and review.
Significant experience of supporting people with learning disabilities and mental health needs.
Significant experience of people management.
Experience of leading and managing a staff team.
Experience of undertaking staff supervisions and appraisal.
Experience of partnership working.
Experience of managing resources within agreed budget.
Experience of using IT systems in the management of service and people.
Skills & Knowledge:
Knowledge of equality and anti-discriminatory practices.
Excellent time manager who has the ability to plan and prioritise a complex workload.
Ability to inspire and drive person centred principles and practices.
Ability to assess, plan and monitor care and support to achieve individual outcomes.
Ability to engage with the people we support and their families and carers, to develop positive and trusting relationships.
Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.
Ability to demonstrate a significant knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with mental health or learning disabilities and be familiar with the current views and best practice.
The ability to lead and manage a team.
The ability to use person centred tools to develop individuals and teams.
Ability to apply policy and procedure in a way that results in quality outcomes for people.
Ability to demonstrate initiative, self-motivation, and resourcefulness.
Effective resource management.
Ability to use ICT for information, performance reporting and communication.
Qualifications & Training:
NVQ3 qualification in management or care (or equivalent) or a willingness and ability to complete such a qualification within a set time period.
Training in Person centred practices (planning, review, team development).
Other
Willingness to work flexible hours according to the needs of the business and ability to work on call.
Willingness to work 7 days a week including unsocial hours and weekends.
As a valued Team Leader at AFG, recognised as a Great Place to Work, some of the benefits available are:
- 35 hour working week with the option to work a 9 day fortnight or 4.5 day working week
- 33 days annual leave per year, plus the option to buy or sell annual leave
- Our Team Leaders are supernumerary with no requirement to work on shift
- Matched pension contributions upto 6%
- Health Cash Plans
- Expression of wish, our death in service benefit
- 24/7 virtual GP consultations for you and your family
- 24/7 mental health consultations
- Amazing People Rewards – fantastic employee discounts
- Blue Light Card eligibility
- Comprehensive induction programme with ongoing support and professional development
- Support and funding to complete a Level 3 qualification if you haven’t already
- Empower Development Programme for leaders within AFG
This role is Band II as per our structure.
Benefits
We’re Alternative Futures Group, a health and social care charity providing specialist support for people with a learning disability or mental health condition.
We’re proud to have been positively changing lives and enabling people to achieve amazing outcomes for over 30 years.
We have a vision to create a world where amazing people do amazing things every day. Our skilled and experienced teams work with every person we support to create a personalised, outcome-focused plans to achieve their aspirations.
As a ‘values based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our team. If you are passionate about working in Health and Social Care and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.
At AFG we also recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you!
In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.